Air Charter Flight for Medical Transportation
Open Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 15B61827Q00000004
- Agency
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United States Penitentiary Atwater
Correctional Facilities, Department of Justice
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 481111 Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation
- Place of performance
- Atwater, California 95301, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Justice's Bureau of Prisons, through United States Penitentiary Atwater, seeks scheduled passenger air charter flight services for medical transportation under a Total Small Business set-aside, with written quotes due November 13, 2026 at 09:00 PST. The Set Aside line restricts eligibility to small businesses, and the buyer will award a Firm-Fixed-Price contract under a Request for Quote.
Place of performance is Atwater, California 95301, where the requirement supports USP Atwater's official personnel transit and institutional operations. The NAICS code is 481111, Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation, with a small business size standard of 1,500 employees, and the PSC is V211. Offerors must be registered in SAM, and the size metrics in their SAM registration must be less than or equal to the 1,500-employee standard, which the government will verify. The contractor must furnish all flight coordination and management and must align service with agency operational timelines and facility access protocols given the secure destination. Vendors must submit a completed Trip Request Form, attached to the notice, to be considered for award. The attached RFQ 15B61827Q00000004 requires active FAA and DOT certifications and protocols for handling delays, weather cancellations, missed connections, and emergency re-routing at no additional cost to the government.
Award goes to the responsible offeror with the lowest price. Aircraft availability and past performance are considered in the evaluation, with no weighting stated. Quotes go by email to John Ridgeway at j3ridgeway@bop.gov. No dollar value, ceiling, or period of performance is stated in the notice.
Notice text
United States Penitentiary (USP) Atwater, Federal Bureau of Prisons] has a requirement to procure Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation Services to support official personnel transit and institutional operations for the United States Penitentiary (USP) Atwater, located in Atwater, California.
The contractor shall provide all flight coordination, management, and programmatic seat securing necessary to fulfill regular, scheduled passenger transit requirements to and from the region supporting USP Atwater. Due to the secure nature of the destination, all services must align strictly with agency operational timelines and facility access protocols.
This is a Total Small Business Set-Aside under NAICS code 481111 (Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation), which carries a small business size standard of 1,500 employees.
IMPORTANT: Any contractor interested in obtaining a contract award with the Federal Bureau of Prisons must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov. In order to qualify for award, your business size metrics information entered in your SAM registration must be less than or equal to the small business size standard specified above.
Each offeror’s SAM registration will be reviewed by the Government to confirm that your business size meets the small business size standard requirement. All offerors are urged to double check their SAM registration and update as necessary, including the size metrics information.
The government intends to award a Firm-Fixed-Price contract resulting from the forthcoming Request for Quote.
Vendors must submit a completed Trip Request Form (attached) in order to be concidered for award.
Evaluation for award will be based upon Lowest Price , Avaialibilty of aircraft, with Past Performance considered.
Interested small businesses must submit their written quotes via email to John Ridgeway j3ridgeway@bop.gov no later than 11/13/2026 at 09:00 PST].
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| RFQ 15B61827Q00000004.pdf | ||
| Trip Request Form.pdf |
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| Opportunity | Agency | Set-aside | Responses due |
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| FY27 USP atwater A1 quaterly subsistance december 31 2026 | United States Penitentiary Atwater | Total Small Business |
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